2016 OS Newsletter | Page 2

ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
(2015-2016)
Dave Barger
(Member, Board of Directors,
gategroup)
Barry Blattman
(Senior Managing Partner,
Brookfield Asset Management)
David Blumenfeld
(Principal,
Blumenfeld Development Group)

Check out our Website’s New Look
In the fall of 2013, LSA began the process of creating a new look and feel
for departmental websites. Organizational Studies made the switch this
past January and we are asking you to help us make it better. The main
purpose of the OS website will always be to answer questions that our
prospective and current students have, however we would like to make our
Alumni section more robust. When you’ve got the time, please go take a
look at our new site and let us know what you think is missing. While you
are there, make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Jonathan Carson
(Co-Founder, Skywell)
Daniel Denison
(Professor, International Institute for
Management Development)
Doug DeSchutter
(President, U.S. Regulatory
and Digital Comm.,
Broadridge Financial Solutions)
Frederic Friedman
(CEO, w5creative)
Julia Rosenfield Friedman
(Philanthropist)
Robin Jacobs
(Philanthropist)
Joseph Kaplan
(CEO, Field Ventures)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Andrew J. Lansing
(President and CEO,
Levy Restaurants)

Letter from the Director
Fond Farewells

Mark H. Lundy
(President and COO,
Gould Investors L.P.)
Brendan T. Nedzi
(Head of Enterprise Stress Testing,
General Electric Capital Corp.)
Evan Schwartzberg
(Co-Founder, Managing Member,
Odeon Capital Group, LLC)
Teresa Sebastian
(Founder, CEO and President
The Dominion Asset Group)
Robin S. Tryloff
(Philanthropic Consultant)

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Yan Yang and Alyssa Setting
2015-2016 OS Peer Mentors
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
Michael J. Behm, Grand Blanc
Mark J. Bernstein, Ann Arbor
Laurence B. Deitch, Bloomfield Hills
Shauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse Pointe
Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms
Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor
Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park
Katherine White, Ann Arbor
Mark S. Schlissel, ex officio
© 2016 Regents of the University of Michigan

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OS Welcomes New Members
to the Community

4

Profiles in the Lives of OS’ers

5

OS Internship Study Abroad
Award Map

9

OS Special Topics Courses:
Faculty and Student Perspectives

11

Honors Research

15

Awards and Recognitons

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OS Class of 2016

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15 Years of OS

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A Word from the BLI

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